tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post3257775083631184550..comments2016-09-09T23:12:39.885-07:00Comments on Mirror On America: Why Do People Vote Republican?Brian http://www.blogger.com/profile/07872444863142531165noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-37844503889178666722008-10-16T11:54:00.000-07:002008-10-16T11:54:00.000-07:00"I think one can still have a fully independent vi...<I>"I think one can still have a fully independent viewpoint and yet argue for the preferable choice among limited options."</I><BR/><BR/>Exactly lance...<BR/><BR/>There are limited options...and the options we are left with aren't all that great. <BR/><BR/>I would much rather have a 3rd or 4th choice... (a viable one).The Angry Independenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07872444863142531165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-3967978369275078952008-10-16T11:50:00.000-07:002008-10-16T11:50:00.000-07:00Anonymous,Clearly you haven't been around here ver...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Clearly you haven't been around here very long... <BR/><BR/>"Another black democratic blog"... I hate to disappoint you. But I blog to the beat of my own drum.<BR/><BR/>Although i'm independent, and we have a few independent blog contributors, as with all blogs, we lean to one side or the other...in our case, we lean Progressive. I myself am an Independent-Progressive. I make no apologies for that. And considering how the Country has gone far to the right over the last decade...even an independent person can often look like a Democrat in this environment. Even a moderate Republican looks like a Democrat. We have people at Republican rallies talking about killing/lynching a Presidential candidate...calling him a terrorist, etc. This is somehow supposed to be accepted as the new normal....Brought to us by the GOP.<BR/><BR/>Finally the Country is swinging back to some sort of middle ground... (a more sensible middle).<BR/><BR/>But I try to offer something different from other ethnic blogs.<BR/>If you can't see that... then that's your issue.The Angry Independenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07872444863142531165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-91708515099377569962008-10-16T11:02:00.000-07:002008-10-16T11:02:00.000-07:00This is my first time here (nice site - thx for th...This is my first time here (nice site - thx for the link to this article) and I think one can still have a fully independent viewpoint and yet argue for the preferable choice among limited options.<BR/><BR/>When we have a fair and workable IRV system, then every voter can safely support his or her first pick. Until then, it's part election, part horserace (i.e. voting based on who actually has a chance to win).LanceThrusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12034741254580206813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-20228806206097474552008-10-15T18:36:00.000-07:002008-10-15T18:36:00.000-07:00Hm...your blog is drifting further and further awa...Hm...your blog is drifting further and further away from its "independence" and turning into just another black Democrat blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com